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2018 Annual Report • Fire Department • St. Anthony Village, Minnesota <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />13 | P a g e <br /> <br />STATISTICS/TRENDS <br />This section includes trends and reports nation-wide and at the state level. <br />The Fires in MN report for 2018 is not out yet but here is some information we received from the <br />Minnesota State Fire Marshal. <br /> Cooking Fires are by far the biggest cause of fires across the state accounting for 45.1% of <br />all fires in 2017. Same as year before. Heating equipment is the next closest identified <br />category at 10%. Unattended cooking or having combustibles too close are the leading <br />factors. <br /> Fires in residential spaces accounted for 75% of all structure fires and 98% of the deaths <br />in structure fires. Home fire safety continues to be a focus of the state and St. Anthony. <br /> Smoking continues to be proportionally the largest cause of fire deaths identified at 16%. <br />In 46% of the deaths the cause was undetermined. <br /> Fire Deaths spiked at 68 in 2017, the highest in 22 years. The preliminary numbers for <br />2018 from the State are 36 which would be the second lowest in 47 years of data. 1995 <br />had 35 deaths. Some trends are noted below. <br />o Older adults are dying at a higher percentage – 2017. Aging population and <br />aging in place are factors. We continue to offer home safety surveys and other <br />services to anyone to help educate and keep people safe. <br />o 23% of the residential casualties smoke alarms were not working or non- <br />operating in 2017. In 46% it was impossible to determine if the smoke alarm had <br />functioned or was even there due to the fire damage. Working smoke alarms <br />save lives. In the 17 deaths with working smoke alarms present several factors <br />were identified including fire spread too rapidly, alcohol use, mobility issues, <br />and irrational action. <br /> In 2017 St. Anthony had $184,797 in fire loss for 17 reported fires. By comparison <br />Columbia Heights $110,500 with 60 fires, New Brighton $284,800 with 75 fires, Hastings <br />$620,150 with 42 fires, and St. Bonifacius $600 with 10 fires (in 2016 it was $3,547,100 <br />with 16 fires for St. Bonifacius). One event in St. Anthony resulted in $160,000 of the <br />total loss. If not controlled by one sprinkler head activation the damage would have <br />been much higher. <br />